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BBC uncovers Manchester airport security lapse
An undercover BBC reporter has found “persistent and alarming” security lapses at Manchester airport, including planes being left unlocked overnight and security guards falsifying records.
According to The Guardian newspaper, the documentary, which will be shown on Tuesday, shows x-ray supervisors telling an undercover reporter to “cheat” the system in order to achieve the required “search quotas”.
The reporter, Michelle Fox, reportedly spent three months working as a security officer at the airport. The programme will allege that the airport has cut its security budget by GBP8 million and has made one third of its security staff redundant.
The BBC News website, reporting the story, quotes a spokesman from the airport as saying: “Manchester Airport’s procedures, systems and equipment are part of a robust effective defence system comprising several different levels, which changes and evolves as necessary.
“Together with regular reviews and inspections this provides an intricate system of checks and cross-checks which taken together provide a robust security net. We take any allegations of shortcomings extremely seriously and any breaches in procedure are rectified immediately.”
The show will be aired on Tuesday at 9pm on BBC1.
Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad Ltd
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